divisible
Example Sentences
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If it fails, Myanmar faces economic ruin reminiscent of 1987, when dictator Ne Win voided all bank notes in denominations not divisible by his lucky number 9, wiping out citizens’ savings overnight.
Newman also found that some age databases contain unusual numbers of people born on the first day of the month or on dates divisible by five, suggesting many of these birth dates are fabricated.
From Science Magazine
This is patently false: you can recognize numbers divisible by 3 because their digits total a number divisible by 3.
From Scientific American
What if we no longer thought of the world as so blithely divisible?
From New York Times
As a matter of theology, Tutu preached that spiritual liberation is not divisible; if any are to be free, all must be free.
From Washington Post
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